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Apparatus for cooling an electric machine

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1087847
Provided is an apparatus, for example, for use with a rotating electric machine, that includes a housing. The housing can include a housing main portion and a housing end portion. The housing main portion can be configured to be disposed proximal to a body portion of a stator section of an electric machine. The housing main portion can define a main fluid channel that is configured to conduct fluid therethrough. The housing end portion can receive fluid from said main fluid channel and direct fluid into contact with a winding end portion of a conductive winding of the stator section.
Research Organization:
General Electric Company (Niskayuna, NY)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-07NT43122
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Niskayuna, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,487,489
Application Number:
12/847,725
OSTI ID:
1087847
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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